I was actually first introduced to sustainable fashion from my
friend, former FIT classmate and eco-friendly fashion designer Zaida Adriana Goveo Balmaseda. She was recently featured in the Green Fashion Show competition in Amsterdam Fashion Week a few weeks ago.

So what is sustainable/eco-friendly fashion?

A few of the major rules of sustainable fashion state that fair/ethical
trade must be enforced where the production of the garments are made in a legal
and safe environment as well as produced locally. Garments are also made to
order to avoid over-production.

Organic/natural textiles and materials are used which may include fabric
from natural sources like bamboo, seaweed, corn milk-fiber, hemp, nettle, wool,
peace silk, soy silk, wood, rubber, cork, cupro and exotic sustaining plants. If
the fabric is dyed then it must be from dyes made from a natural class of colorants
extracted from vegetables. Finally the major component is it must be
animal/cruelty free. Personally, I think eco-friendly fashion needs to be more accepted in
mainstream fashion. The one thing that I would never wear is real fur. I’m all
about rocking fabulous faux furs and I think more people need to realize that
you can still look good and be eco-friendly.

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Alina Fayer is the founder and editor of the TheStyleSocialite.com, a popular fashion/society blog. Originally from Ukraine, Alina moved to the States when she was 8 years old. Her American upbringing and European heritage gives her a unique fashion sense of combining American classics with edgy European pieces.